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February 2013

February 26, 2013

How Can We Live the Gospel?

Lent “might be understood as a yearly journey from ashes to living flame, from death...

February 25, 2013

Live from Rome

George Weigel on the reform-minded conclave to come.

February 24, 2013

Jesus for Pope, Jesus for Our Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday …

I’ll be honest: I hesitated before agreeing to write this piece for the New York...

February 23, 2013

The World Needs Us Standing at the Foot of Calvary

And resting in this knowledge: The Cross leads us spiritually to Calvary. With Mary we...

February 22, 2013

A Little Mood Music for the Petrine Feast Today

What a remarkable day today! To have, as the second Friday of Lent, the Feast...

February 21, 2013

In Which We Are Reminded We Might Have a New Pope By (Next) Easter

My impression is most cardinals who had to buy plane tickets are betting on a...

February 21, 2013

My Last Interview. My Last Interview?!

someone referred to this as my "Last interview," which is literally correct and now making...

February 20, 2013

B16: Imagine a World That Could See Only Mercy!

This comes from a November 2010 audience where Pope Benedict XVI was talking up a...

February 20, 2013

Best of B16: Knowing the Meaning of Life

Also from May 2011: The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail...

February 20, 2013

Best of B16: On the ‘Good Fight of Faith’

From May 2011: Our entire lives are like this long night of struggle and prayer,...

February 20, 2013

We Will Always Need a Savior

A friend shared earlier today that her young son asked if he could start Lent...

February 19, 2013

We Are Not Alone

From one of the great teachers, Fr. James Schall, in his Another Sort of Learning:...

February 19, 2013

Questions for Today. Now.

A priest poses them, after a reflection you might take the time to read and...

February 18, 2013

Coffee Talk with God

I was going to send some friends the beautiful text on serving the poor in...

February 17, 2013

Pray for the Church!

One of my favorite responses to the pope’s news Monday came from the Knights of...

February 14, 2013

Pope Benedict, the Catholic Church and the Dignity of Man

I love this video from Monday: George Weigel keeps his eye on the prize here....

February 14, 2013

What the Pope Said to Me, to Us

I met the Holy Father in October. It was a brief encounter -- at the...

February 13, 2013

Why a Pope? What’s This Catholic Business Anyway?

In answer to some questions folks might have as we're all focused on Rome, an...

February 13, 2013

Lent with Love

This isn’t theologically correct, but I do feel a bit like Lent began Monday this...

February 13, 2013

‘God Is Always There. The Holy Spirit Does Not Go on Holidays.’

What a beautiful reflection on the Pope Benedict’s news this week, from a cardinal in...

February 13, 2013

Thank You, Holy Father!

That's what I'm dubbing the unofficial title of a panel later today, Ash Wednesday, in...

February 13, 2013

What Is a Pope?

From Bishop Anthony Fisher, a Dominican in Australia: From the earliest times the role of...

February 11, 2013

B16 Teaches Us How to Live

I've been saying this morning that if John Paul II showed us how to die,...

February 10, 2013

The Object of My Affection, 2013 Remake

This might be on your mind already because Valentine’s Day is this week, but here's...

February 06, 2013

‘It was over in a very short time.’

Indeed it is. With haste, we ought to reflect on the witness of the martyrs...

February 06, 2013

Have You Seen John Boehner’s Desk?

A tour of Catholicism in the Speaker's office.

February 06, 2013

‘Strive for Peace with Everyone’

Every once in a while -- a little more often than that lately perhaps --...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Set Out to Pray. He Will Take It from There.

If you find yourself restless and distracted, advice from a Carmelite, Sr. Ruth Burrows, via...

January 28, 2013

‘love, real love, divine, unconditional love, actually happens in human lives’

It is true. "Love, real love, divine, unconditional love, actually happens in human lives." I...

January 25, 2013

March for Life Is a Marathon

The March for Life isn’t just a political protest but a marathon! Literally. My friends...